Slog - Comments on The Terry Gilliam Curse Lives

Comment by kid icarus

kid icarus — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:49:19 -0800

Possibly the most cursed in the industry.

Comment by monkey

monkey — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:53:59 -0800

And his movies SUCK!

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:55:18 -0800

OH NO YOU DI'INT!!!

Comment by skweetis

skweetis — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:00:09 -0800

I love Gilliam's movies, but I was pretty sure that after Tideland, they weren't going to let him make another one.

Comment by keshmeshi

keshmeshi — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:08:45 -0800

Thank God we were spared the puppets in his Don Quixote.

Comment by monkey

monkey — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:15:51 -0800

Yes Poe, I did. And I meant it.

Comment by Big Sven

Big Sven — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:19:17 -0800

Jebus is mad at Terry for making a Robin Williams film that wasn't a crime against humanity.

Comment by Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:23:38 -0800

Tideland was amazing. This is very sad.

Comment by michael strangeways

michael strangeways — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:28:12 -0800

SOME of his movies suck but quite a few are really good...but the man IS cursed.

I think Universal put a whammy on him after the whole brouhaha over Brazil...you don't fuck with the Black Tower....

Comment by infrequent

infrequent — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:32:16 -0800

@6, maybe you meant it, monkey. but you are just one opinion. what do the eleven others think?

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:37:08 -0800

Uh, you know Heath's dead, right? Yet another film that won't be playing soon.

Comment by kinaidos

kinaidos — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:49:14 -0800

In the good old days of Monty Python they could have just cut in during the middle of the movie and said "Due to the untimely demise of Mr Ledger, the role of X will be played by a haggis."

Comment by Ramdu

Ramdu — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:21:41 -0800

Now I don't feel so bad that this was also my selfish first thought when I heard Ledger had died. Gilliam is the Job of cinema. And Ledger did such a great job for him in BROTHERS GRIMM, too.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:29:57 -0800

@12 - very good idea.

Comment by K X One

K X One — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:32:43 -0800

#7 for the win!

Comment by Strange Tractor

Strange Tractor — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:44:24 -0800

Yes...when I heard this morning (Australian time) that Heath Ledger had died, one of the first things I rememebered he was doing a Gilliam film. The curse indeed lives.

Comment by NapoleonXIV

NapoleonXIV — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:28:34 -0800

@13: You did not just say that! Brrrrr....

Comment by Raymond

Raymond — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:45:26 -0800

Tideland was an absolutely terrible film. As such, I was skeptical about Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus. But now Heath Ledger is dead, and I find out he was attached to the film, and I think, come on, it can't have been THAT bad!

I'll be seeing you in The Dark Knight. Doesn't it remind you of Brandon Lee?

Comment by Emmakat

Emmakat — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:27:17 -0800

Aw man. I couldn't have cared less about Heath Ledger's death until I heard this. According to IMDB it's about a traveling theater co. and Tom Waits is in it? Now I'm annoyed.

Comment by bearseatbeats

bearseatbeats — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:50:03 -0800

lost in lamancha is totally heartbreaking. dreams washed away, etc. the curse lives.

Comment by wench

wench — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:24:24 -0800

Wow... so the curse is now claiming the lives of his actors? Yikes.

Comment by wench

wench — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:24:41 -0800

Wow... so the curse is now claiming the lives of his actors? Yikes.

Comment by singingcynic

singingcynic — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:08:44 -0800

@11: I think that was the point of the post.

Comment by Fonky

Fonky — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:28:08 -0800

I felt pretty shitty when I realized that my first thought following Ledger's death was worry about "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus". I'm a HUGE Gilliam fan. Sure, Brothers Grimm sucked shit but every other film he's ever made is fucking brilliant (including Tideland you non-cultured swine). Ledger's death sucks for a lot of people but for some the number one disaster is that this might finish off Gilliam's career.

Comment by ellarosa

ellarosa — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:29:59 -0800

12, lmfao. it's all very sad yes, but touche for that comment.